>It's hilarious how people will answer
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>(Personally, I don't actively try to
>figure out the race of
>a person,

Neither do I , when I see a name I visualize a picture of something or someone. When I read Tinkywinky, I roll out my chair laughing because I see this big purple thing asking for tele custard. When I read folks name with color in the name or other cultural indicators , you can't help but to think color or culture . If I see Raven or Ebony (please if this is your name forgive me) I have a picture of a black in my mind. I'm I trying to decipher their race , nope, maybe the question is are they trying to tell you their race ?